The end of the Non league paper

[GRS67]

I have read that this Sunday will be the last edition of the Non League paper. Have to say that is sad news, I do get a copy, even though IMO it gives too much space to the conference league (maybe that was the problem?)

 

The more coverage of the non league game the better, I wonder if anything else will be released?

[ONE]

shame

[Teflon]

Best read of the week, will be a loss for the non league game

[coupwotcoup]

FFS where has anyone read that the NLP will not continue...Chinese whispers rule ko?

From Sunday fortnight, the NLP will be a 64/72pp pull-out inside the League Paper. Ergo you will pay 20p extra for nearly 150 pages. The paper is onwards and upwards, so do not listen to stupid rumours...

[GRS67]

I read it was going to disapper on the another site.

 

So it will still be the same paper, with the same ammount of news, only inside the football league paper? if thats the case then I will still get it.

[coupwotcoup]

You got it in one..now begins on Sunday week. Please ignore Chinese whispers which may have appeared on other forums...20p dearer but two papers for the price of one...

[Lato]

I have a serious question about todays NLP in that the front page story about the F.A Cup draw starts with the sentence "Giant-killing specialists Yeading drew former European champions Nottingham Forest...."

 

Now I'm not knocking Yeading's achievements in the F.A Cup but just exactly how do they qualify as giant killing specialists and could someone name precisely which giants they have killed over the years?

[Horace]

Well, they beat us 5-1 in season 2002/2003!

[Lato]

Here's a link for their complete F.A Cup record...top website actually. Perhaps someone would like to identify the giants..obviously there is one obvious one in season 1991/2 <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

 

http://www.fchd.info/YEADING.HTM

[GRS67]

Yes I used that site for the FA Vase details of ourselves and opponents.

 

How come they dont list Yeading history before the 80's?

 

They have come a long way in a short time, will be in interesting to see how they do with a new manager. Away to Forest is dream draw

[Lato]

I think before 1980 they were playing junior football and the league they are in isn't high enough to be covered.

[Manorborn100]

That, regretably sums up the NLP. I guess with AFC Wombles knocked out they had to get a new headline in at short notice and with the NLP's rather limited knowledge of the real non league scene, they a*sed up.

[GRS67]

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Lato said:
I think before 1980 they were playing junior football and the league they are in isn't high enough to be covered.

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Yes you are right, just took a look at their club history. It's amazing how the non league landscape has changed since the days of amatuer football. Clubs like Yeading, Northwood, for eg have risen up the leagues whereas older more established clubs have stagnated or in some cases folded. You look at at club like Hendon or even Edgware and they have underacheived for years, compared to the crowds and standing they had in the amatuer game years ago.

[Lato]

Good point Gav, and just look at the whole Walthamstow Avenue/Leytonstone/Ilford and Dagenham merger...some great old names gone there.

[Football Man]

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Lato said:
I have a serious question about todays NLP in that the front page story about the F.A Cup draw starts with the sentence "Giant-killing specialists Yeading drew former European champions Nottingham Forest...."

Now I'm not knocking Yeading's achievements in the F.A Cup but just exactly how do they qualify as giant killing specialists and could someone name precisely which giants they have killed over the years?

Maybe Rhodes has a part-time job as headline writer for the NLP?

[Lato]

The though had struck me but there was no mention of pulled up trees, huge rashes, or simultaneous December bank holidays so I assumed it wasn't him.

[Football Man]

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Lato said:
simultaneous December bank holidays

Had to think about that for a couple of seconds. Well done! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/applaus.gif" alt="" />

[coupwotcoup]

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Potters Bar Town FC said:

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Lato said:
I have a serious question about todays NLP in that the front page story about the F.A Cup draw starts with the sentence "Giant-killing specialists Yeading drew former European champions Nottingham Forest...."

Now I'm not knocking Yeading's achievements in the F.A Cup but just exactly how do they qualify as giant killing specialists and could someone name precisely which giants they have killed over the years?

Maybe Rhodes has a part-time job as headline writer for the NLP?

What and do me out of a job? The bloke who wrote the giant-killing intro actually asked me how many league clubs they had beaten..doh.

[Rhodes]

Coupwotcoup - Was there a Non League paper today, I couldn't find one anywhere. I know you said that it will soon become part of the League paper but what about in the interim period particularly as it's the FA Cup next week and I'll be keen to read about the match of the round, namely Burton v Tamworth.

[Sharming Paula]

Yes there was. From next week it is incorporated in the League paper.

Have a hunt round today - you may still get one